Dress-form.



c. R. DE BEVOISE.

DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1911.

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G. R. DE BEVOISE.

DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1911.

1,072,923. PatentedSept. 9,1913.

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UT" STATES ATENT orrroa.

DRESS-FORM.

T 0 all whom 2'1 may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES R. DE BE- VOISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dress-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dress forms of that type which embody ruffles and puffs and which are associated with a body garment, their purpose being to rectify defects in the human figure.

The object of the invention is to provide a dress form of exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction, which may be used interchangeably with body garments of different sizes or types, which may be easily and quickly associated with and dissociated from a particular body garment, and which may be readily adjusted to produce the degree of fullness desired.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved article of apparel, taken from the inner side thereof; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the ruffle construction; and Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the side of the rufile opposite to that shown in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. j

The device is shown as associated with a form fitting upper garment of the type known as a brassiere or corset cover and comprises a ruffle which extends transversely of the garment and which ispractically coextensive with the width of the front portion of the garment. In the example shown the ruffle consists of upper and lower strips 1 and 2. Obviously the number of strips may be increased if desired. The strip 1 is folded horizontally upon itself so as to afford an inner portion 3 which lies next to the body of the wearer and an outer portion l which lies next to the body garment.

Along the line of the fold between the portions 3 and 1 a row of stitching 5 is provided which affords a pocket for a pair of draw strings 6, oneof which is arranged at each side of the ruffle. The portion 4 is also secured to the portion 3 by a doublehorizontal row of stitching 7 which affords a pocket for a pair of draw strings 8 arranged similarly to the draw strings 6. The row of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913. Serial No. 612,128.

stitching 7 is located approximately centrally between the upper and lower edges of the portion 3 and is so selected with respect to the portion 4 as to provide for the latter having some degreeof fullness. The portion 4. is preferably and as shown, of approximately only half the depth of the portion 3 and the stitching 7 secures the lower edge of the portion 4 to the portion 3. Ob-- viously the relative dimensions of the portions 3 and 1 and the location of the row of stitching 7 is determined by convenience rather than by necessity.

The strip 2 is similar in all respects to the strip 1, being folded upon itself to provide the portions 9 and 10 which correspond to the portions 3 and at respectively. The double row of stitching 11 which is provided adjacent the horizontal fold of the strip 2, not only affords a pocket to receive the draw strings 12 but serves as well to secure the strip 2 to the lower edge portion of the strip 1 and to that face of the strip which is ad jacent the body garment. The portion 10 is secured to the portion 9 by the double row of stitching 11 aforesaid and also by a double row of stitching 13, the location of which is so selected as to provide for a suificient degree of fullness of the port-ion 9 and which affords a pocket for draw strings 14.

The several draw string pockets above referred to are provided with central openings through which the mutually adjacent end portions of the respective pairs of draw strings 6, 8, 12, and 1 1 are passed. The outer ends of said draw strings are passed through the outer ends of the pockets.

The means for associating the rufiie with the inner face of the garment comprises a tape 15 fixed centrally along the upper edge of the garment, and tapes 16 and 17 located at suitable points about the edge of each of the arm holes. The mutually adjacent end portions of the draw strings 6 are tied to the tape 15; the outer end portions of the draw strings 6 and 8 are tied to the projecting ends of the tapes 16; and the outer end portions of the draw strings 12 and 14: are tied to the projecting ends of the tapes 1?. The tapes 16 and 17 thus serve as a means for fixing the outer ends of the draw strings as well as a means for the attachment of the ruffle to the garment. It will be apparent, therefore, that the ruffle is structurally independent of the garment and may be easily and quickly applied thereto or removed of the wearer and when so worn its presence cannot be detected while its purposes are admirably served. The best results are secured by positioning the shorter folded portionsadjacent the garment, since these por- 'f tions havethe greater fullness and in such disposition serve more efficiently as pads. Moreover, in regulating the fullness of the ruffle each side maybe adjusted independently of the other, that is to say, one side may have greater-and the other less fullness. The ruffle may thus be suited to the peculiarities of the individual figure upon which it is to be worn.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the rul'lle is of the most simple and inexpensive construction and yet is essentially practical, being structurally independent of the garment with which it is associated and capable of being worn with- "1 out detect-ion, and having provision for regulating the fullness equally throughout its extent or differently at each side thereof. Having fully described my invention, I claim:

In a dress form, the combination, with a body garment having a tape fixed centrally to its upper edge, and a pair of tapes fixed one above the other to the edge of each arm hole; of a rutlie associated with the'body garment'and adapted'to extend in transverse relation across the front thereof, said ruffle comprising an upper strip folded horizontally upon itself and having its folded portions connected by upper and lower horizon tal rows of stitching which are relatively distant from each other and are so select-ed as to give to the folded portion which is adjacent the body garment a certain fullness, a lower strip constructed similarly to the upper strip and connected adjacent its fold line to the lower portion of the other folded portion of said upper strip by a horizontal row of stitching, the several rows of stitching being of such nature as to-produce horizontal pockets and the pockets being provided,

each, with a central opening, and a pair of draw strings fitted in each pocket and having their mutually adjacent inner ends passed through the central opening in the pocket and their outer ends passed through the ends of the pocket, the inner ends of the uppermost pair of draw strings being tied to the ends of the first-na1ned tapeand the corresponding ends of each remaining pair being tied together, the outer ends of all of said pairs being tiedato the adjacent ends of the second-named tapes, todetachably fasten the ruffle to the body garment,both of said strips being vertically puffed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in presence of two'subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES R. DE BEVOISE.

Witnesses GEORGE P. ENGELHARD,

L. PERRINE. I

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